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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions mypy/message_registry.py
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Expand Up @@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ def with_additional_msg(self, info: str) -> ErrorMessage:
)
TARGET_CLASS_HAS_NO_BASE_CLASS: Final = ErrorMessage("Target class has no base class")
SUPER_OUTSIDE_OF_METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED: Final = ErrorMessage(
"super() outside of a method is not supported"
'"super()" outside of a method is not supported'
)
SUPER_ENCLOSING_POSITIONAL_ARGS_REQUIRED: Final = ErrorMessage(
"super() requires one or more positional arguments in enclosing function"
'"super" requires one or more positional arguments in enclosing function'
)

# Self-type
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21 changes: 17 additions & 4 deletions test-data/unit/check-super.test
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Expand Up @@ -280,8 +280,12 @@ class B(A):


[case testSuperOutsideMethodNoCrash]
class C:
a = super().whatever # E: super() outside of a method is not supported
class A:
x = 1
class B(A): pass
class C(B):
b = super(B, B).x
a = super().whatever # E: "super()" outside of a method is not supported

[case testSuperWithObjectClassAsFirstArgument]
class A:
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[case testSuperInMethodWithNoArguments]
class A:
def f(self) -> None: pass
@staticmethod
def st() -> int:
return 1

class B(A):
def g() -> None: # E: Method must have at least one argument. Did you forget the "self" argument?
super().f() # E: super() requires one or more positional arguments in enclosing function
super().f() # E: "super" requires one or more positional arguments in enclosing function
def h(self) -> None:
def a() -> None:
super().f() # E: super() requires one or more positional arguments in enclosing function
super().f() # E: "super" requires one or more positional arguments in enclosing function
@staticmethod
def st() -> int:
reveal_type(super(B, B).st()) # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int"
super().st() # E: "super" requires one or more positional arguments in enclosing function
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Here again, it's specifically the zero-argument form of super() that we're complaining about (the reveal_type() call in the line immediately above this one works fine for the two-argument form of super()). So I'd keep the () here as well, personally

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And it should be "one or two" not "one or more" 👍

return 2
[builtins fixtures/staticmethod.pyi]

[case testSuperWithUnsupportedTypeObject]
from typing import Type
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